Stanbic Bank has donated Shs 18 million to Bishop Dunstan Secondary School in Kalangala. The donation includes 50 modern classroom desks valued at Shs 12.5M and 250 reusable sanitary pads worth Shs 5.5m.
The support is part of the Stanbic Corporate Social Investment initiatives aimed at improving the learning environment and promoting menstrual hygiene for the girl students.
Francis Karuhanga, the Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) Chief Executive, said the items will beef up the donation made by MTN Uganda to the same institution during the Yello Care activities.
“Recently, the Stanbic team escorted our brothers from MTN Uganda here when they had come to hand over their donation. During that specific visit, our regional manager saw a gap on the side of furniture, which we have to come to solve. Today I’m here to handover 50 modern hardwood classroom Desks and 250 reusable sanitary pads Shs 18 million,” Karuhanga said.
“We believe that every student deserves access to quality education and dignity. This donation is a testament to our dedication and purpose fused to driving Uganda’s growth.”
The headmistress, Cathy Kawasaka, expressed gratitude for the timely support, citing the challenges faced due to limited resources.
“They’re very many schools on this Island, but I want to thank Stanbic Bank for always choosing our school. This is not the first initiative extended to us by this great bank. Our students recently participated and got life changing mentorship during the Stanbic National Schools Championship. After the training, they were given a huge seed capital to bring their project ideas into life. Today, I’m glad to inform you that we have started making good revenue out of the hygiene products like squeezers and liquid soap made by our students here,” Kawasaka said.
Ronald Mutebi, the Kalangala District Inspector of Schools said last year, he met three headteachers from schools in Kalangala, and they developed a concept on how they can acquire some computers.
Carlos Sserwadda, the Stanbic Bank Western region manager said the bank will continue to carry out corporate social initiatives that align to Stanbic’s Environmental, Social and Governance strategy. This focuses on improving access to good education, health, empowering the youth and building the capacity of SMEs to become sustainable businesses.
“Stanbic was the first institution to put up a home here in Kalangala and the journey towards empowering our people through financial literacy and access to affordable financing and free business advisory has never gone back,” he said.
